| The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume III, Provincial Cult. Part 3. the Provincial Centre; Provincial Cult Contributor(s): Fishwick, Duncan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004128069 ISBN-13: 9789004128064 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $195.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Published: January 2004 Annotation: This volume focuses on the headquarters of provincial cults and the principal features of the worship offered there on behalf of the province. Evidence for provincial centres survives in various forms of varying degress of reliability but, while no standard pattern emerges, it seems clear that every province established a permanent base that served similar cultic, administrative, recreational and ideological purposes. Traces of provincial worship are more fleeting but a rough picture can be reconstructed of priestly "regalia and of the calendar, rites and associated liturgy and ceremonial that marked the differing cults of individual provinces. Both studies conclude with an overview of the main conclusions and are profusely illustrated with over a hundred plates or diagrams. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Religion | History - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 292.213 |
| LCCN: 87006363 |
| Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 9.58" W x 6.48" (1.94 lbs) 426 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume focuses on the headquarters of provincial cults and the principal features of the worship offered there on behalf of the province. Evidence for provincial centres survives in various forms of varying degress of reliability but, while no standard pattern emerges, it seems clear that every province established a permanent base that served similar cultic, administrative, recreational and ideological purposes. Traces of provincial worship are more fleeting but a rough picture can be reconstructed of priestly regalia and of the calendar, rites and associated liturgy and ceremonial that marked the differing cults of individual provinces. Both studies conclude with an overview of the main conclusions and are profusely illustrated with over a hundred plates or diagrams. |